Writers who take risks

i like writers who take risks by veronique.ink →

I read a blog post this morning from a writer I casually follow. It was a nice and uplifting post. But it was also a safe post. I poked around a bit through his blog, and as knowledgeable as he is, his writing feels guarded.

I like writers who aren’t afraid of thinking out loud on the page and sharing bits of themselves that might present as awkward or uncooked.

I’m guilty of holding back sometimes. Or writing too blandly like I’m in front of an audience.

What is it that makes me write like this sometimes? Insecurity? Imposter syndrome? Or just not thinking?

Ouch.

I know it wasn’t directed at me but it was a stark reminder so I dug through the edit history of my about page and pinned the very first thing I wrote back to the top of it.

And then I dug deeper, riffing to myself why I need to remember what I originally wrote.

It’s going to be a work in progress but I’ll get there.

Thanks for the reminder, Veronique!

“Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.” —Cyril Connolly

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